Places
aNC arquitectos
Tours
Visit accompanied by the Architect Teresa Novais
Maximum 10 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
At Boavista Avenue (perhaps the busiest part of town), in room 403 of the Porto Private Hospital, there is a space of maximum suspension and intimacy. The organization of the several spaces flows through the serpent-like walls that allow an infinite wandering between the inside and the outside: of the wall (sometimes concave, other times convex, sometimes illuminated, other times in darkness, on one side colourful, on the other colourless); of us (between what we are and who we think we are, a difficult conversation mediated by the expert and the space). It is, therefore, a different clinic, distant from hygienist spaces and hospital environments that due to the care in its design and materiality, namely the cork walls, invokes the feel of a shelter, silent and warm, that allows us to look inward.
Location
Avenida da Boavista, 117 - Oporto Medical Centre
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha A, B, C, E, F - Carolina Michaelis
Bus: STCP - 202, 203, 204, 208, 209, 301, 501, 502, 507, 601